Second-seeded Duke (33-2), which advanced to a regional final for the fourth year in a row and the 11th time in 16 seasons, will play top-seeded Notre Dame, a 93-63 runaway winner against Kansas in the first game, in the regional final at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

“It’s important just to advance,” Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “Advancing is a blast.”

Sixth-seeded Nebraska (26-8), trying to reach a regional final for the first time, was held to a season-low point total. The Cornhuskers played the last 7:53 without forward Jordan Hooper, the team’s leading scorer, because she turned an ankle after connecting on a jumper.

Second-seeded Duke (33-2), which advanced to a regional final for the fourth year in a row and the 11th time in 16 seasons, will play top-seeded Notre Dame, a 93-63 runaway winner against Kansas in the first game, in the regional final at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

“It’s important just to advance,” Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “Advancing is a blast.”

Sixth-seeded Nebraska (26-8), trying to reach a regional final for the first time, was held to a season-low point total. The Cornhuskers played the last 7:53 without forward Jordan Hooper, the team’s leading scorer, because she turned an ankle after connecting on a jumper.

“I would have taken giving up 53 against Duke,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “… We lost the game at the (offensive) end.”

The Blue Devils posted their second-lowest point total, behind only a 79-49 loss at Connecticut.

Duke compensated for droughts on offense with a stingy defensive effort. That’s what the Blue Devils preferred to discuss.

“We needed it in a game like this,” center Elizabeth Williams said. “Defense and rebounding would make a difference.”

Duke limited Nebraska to 3-for-24 shooting from 3-point range. Hooper, whose six points were 12 below her average, made 3 of 14 launches from the field.

Neither team attempted a free throw until 6:31 remained in the game, with Duke’s Haley Peters draining two foul shots. McCallie said some of the Blue Devils’ misguided first-half shot selections didn’t allow enough time for them to draw fouls.

Nebraska, which had won 13 of its previous 15 games, was within 44-38 when Williams altered Meghin Williams’ shot from the lane with 3:10 to play. Duke’s Williams finished with seven blocked shots.

“Some of the stops we made were very critical,” McCallie said.

Elizabeth Williams, playing not far from her hometown of Virginia Beach, received a huge ovation in pregame introductions. She scored 10 points and secured nine rebounds, leaving the sophomore one point shy of 1,000 for her career.

Despite shooting 4-for-20 from the field at the outset, the Blue Devils tallied the last 12 points of the first half across the last 5½ minutes to move ahead 23-18.

Yori said Nebraska’s two best perimeter shooters — Hooper and Lindsey Moore — were 1-for-15 on 3-pointers despite getting some good looks at the basket. Still, Duke’s evolving defenses caused some confusion.

“I thought we were off balance,” Yori said. “… We got a little out of flow. They really do keep you off balance.”